Thomas [Bratislava Archives] He was baptized on 23 January and godparents are Tomas Kovanic and Maria Dobias.  Maria Dobias was sister of my greatgrandmother Helena Dobias [Ivan]

On the 1910 Census, I found that Thomas  was living in the Ninth Ward in Schenectady, NY as a boarder in the household of  Tom Madairix, age 40, who came to the U.S. in 1901 and his family.

The household included:   Annie Madairix, his wife age 36, and children:  Cyril Madairix age 12,   Tay Madairix age 6 and  Matt Madairix age 1.  The three boarders in his home were Paul Kovacic age 40, Sand Dopyerd age 23, and Thomas Palkiewic age 23. 

More...I often wondered how my Grandma Josephine came to Schenectady, when all of the rest of her family was in Massachusettes. 

Since I read this 1910 Census, I see that Thomas was staying with the "Madairix" family.  Josephine's mother's maiden name is "Maderic".  I wonder if they were relatives of hers. 

By the 1930 Census, I see that the family was spelling their name Maderic.

I can't seem to find any immigration records for Tomas Maderic, using various spellings, although I did not do the thorough search of ALL the spellings.

Accordin http://www.palkovic.us/AttachedNotes.htm about immigration record of Tomas Maderic.
On ancestry.com is Border crossing record about Tomas Maderic from Canada. So I think he used ship from Bremen to Halifax and then travel to USA by train, maybe  [ivan]

From another researcher, we learned the information  below about Thomas Maderic.  Their grandfather, John Maderick, born in Cz in 1869 came to America in 1890 and eventually settled in Luzerne County, PA is a relative of Thomas.

From the obituary of Helen Maderic Vavra in 1940, we learned that she had three brothers:
John Maderic of Newburgh [NY]
Joseph Maderic of New York City
Michael Maderic of Vienna [Austria]. 

grandfather, John Maderic (Johnstown, NY)
father, John Maderic (Johnstown)
our contact, Michael
 

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